[Closed] The Least Evil Person I Know

[purplexing]

Who: Accelerator levelshift, Donnie purplexing and leo faceguy
What: Donnie gives Accelerator's apartment an upgrade
When: Yes
Where: Accelerator's apartment, Central City
Content Warnings: N/A


It's been on his to-do list for a long while now. The timing just seems... Well, Donnie's not sure if it's necessarily right, but he's not missing out on opportunity either.

His initial plan had not involved Halloween ambiance, but given how easy it is to get a hold of things, Donnie's worked them in. As much as Accelerator has proclaimed himself a villain, his apartment is incredibly drab. For someone who had claimed only villains lived in secret underground lairs, he sure has been pretty disappointing with his own decor.

Well. Time to fix that.

And so, the next time Accelerator returns to his humble abode, he's greeted by a highly exaggerated creaking that is most definitely not coming from his door but is timed to go off with its opening.

He will find the lights dimming, a thunder-crash sound effect going off in all its grainy glory (gutted from some cheap decoration) accompanied with the vague flicker of lamps to suggest lightening. The opening of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor begins to play as the lights shift around the edges of the main room, casting shadows in blue-violet hues with splashes of magenta.

The curtains on the windows have been replaced with shimmering black, reflecting the colored light subtly, wavering in a light breeze from very tiny fans tucked on the windowsill. Fake candles flicker on the mantlepiece- wait, this apartment has no fireplace...! -but it has a cardboard mantle now. Don't look too closely. Or in the light. His cardboard skills have not much improved since he was fourteen.

That seems to be the extent of Donnie's customization.

Until Accy tries going to his room, where one of those annoying motion-detecting ghosts has been hung off the door, wiggling gleefully with its discordant 'woooooooo~!' sound.

Oh. And you can bet there's a camera set to record the reaction.

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[levelshift]

Having spent one very long day in Sunset Falls working, Accelerator is eager to get back to his place and nap. Cat wrangling isn't fun when you aren't an animal person, and even if Katherine is no longer giving him minor felonies to commit she's still the same fickle person when it comes to jobs.

He steps inside, for a split second if the hinges on his front door need some WD-40, and then stares as the rest of the cacophony goes off. With a completely straight face he stands there for several moments as the lights flicker and music plays. When he finally takes another step he heads to the living room to drop his back, seeing the curtains and the cardboard mantle.

Without a single work he turns and goes straight for his bedroom. He doesn't react at the motion-detector ghost, instead staring at it for a few seconds before opening the door walking over to his bed, and faceplanting.

Then he pulls out a phone and sends Donnie a text, because if this wasn't him then it was both turtles.

Fuck you.

[purplexing]

There's no point in taking bets on what Accelerator's response is going to be when they both know him as well as they do. Regardless, there's still something horribly amusing in seeing it follow through, right down to the text message that inevitably comes up on Donnie's phone, which he proudly shows Leo.

Right before suggesting that they head on over to properly bother the esper as good friends can only manage, in style...and at least with some coffee because they aren't total jerks.

[faceguy]

Donnie’s pranks can get pretty elaborate - even moreso than his own. And Leo can admit he finds them funny, as long as he isn’t the target.

And since he isn’t today, he’s absolutely enjoying all of this.

He congratulates Donnie on his well-earned text message and eagerly agrees to his suggestion. Leo’s been to Accelerator’s apartment enough by now that portaling them and their coffee offering there isn’t too difficult.

He lands them outside so they can ring the doorbell like good little trick-or-treaters. Of course, getting inside would be trivial for them, but he just wants to see if Accelerator will come to the door.

[levelshift]

Accelerator waits for a ping from his phone to indicate a response, still flopped in bed. When he doesn't get one and hears the doorbell instead he puts two and two together. It's Donnie, or Donnie and Leo, and either way, he is not getting up.

There's really no point. He knows them well enough by now that they're coming in one way or another, both of them are too stubborn to just leave, so they can go ahead and let themselves in.

He'll send another text, though: 🖕

[purplexing]

On the other side of the door, Donnie mock-gasps before showing Leo the latest response. Yeah, that was pretty much expected too.

So he sends a quick response back: 😢

"Guess we're doing this the usual way," he shrugs, because he knows how stubborn Accelerator can be. He'd let Leo portal them in, but they won't be able to experience the show firsthand if they do things that way. So Donnie takes care of the door, setting off things anew, creaking hinges, lightning, pipe organs and all.

[faceguy]

Sheesh, so rude of this guy. He says, even though this is fully expected.

He walks in after Donnie, whistling appraisingly as he watches everything go off.

"You went all out this time, huh? Oooo, I like the mantel."

Leo's cardboard crafting skills are not any better so his praise on this point is worthless.

[levelshift]

Accelerator doesn't bother dragging himself out of bed until he hears them come in and all the decor goes off again. Then, with a sigh, he hauls himself to his feet and leaves the bedroom.

"I was gonna take a nap and then clean all this shit up," he says, pausing for a second, then adding thoughtfully. "Or move. Whichever's easiest."

[purplexing]

"I knew you'd appreciate that," Donnie says, glad someone approves of his hard work!

He grins lazily as movement from the bedroom signals Accelerator's efforts to rejoin them. That's definitely an improvement in his book. He'd half expected the esper to stubbornly stay in bed. ...but then he'd probably anticipated that they'd just keep setting off the sounds until he threw them out.

"Pff, I'd think that moving would take more effort. But come on! You finally get a villain lair! Complete with mood lighting!" Donnie throws his arms out for added effect as he tries very hard not to laugh.

[faceguy]

Leo is already snickering, but he tries to keep a lid on it.

"Hey, he's right! Now you really have the proper ambiance. You know, you should really be out here thanking him."

Encouraging his brother's misdeeds? Leo would never (he would, enthusiastically).

[levelshift]

Villain lair. Mood lighting. Accelerator looks around and only sees a shitty apartment done up for a holiday. He sighs and rolls his eyes at the two of them and heads for the kitchen (gee, I wonder what for).

"You two know I don't celebrate Halloween, right?" He replies shortly. "It's not a thing in Japan. At most you might get some dumbasses dressing up for a party, or idiots going to -"

He opens the fridge and an incredibly spooky monster laugh bursts out from it. Completely unimpressed, he reaches for a can of coffee from one of the half-dozen identical cans in there.

"- Shibuya."

[purplexing]

Donnie looks so proud of himself. And as Accelerator heads into the kitchen he very barely manages to hold back a grin... up until the fridge triggers.

There's a non-electronic cackle from the main room then, which he fails to smother completely as he leans against Leo, still laughing. Oh look at that face. He is so smug about all this.

[faceguy]

Leo is laughing too, leaning back against Donnie so between the two of them they don’t fall over. Even the fridge! That’s a good one.

He manages to cut off his snickers long enough to reply, “Awww, that’s no fun! Halloween is one of the best holidays!”

But actually, that gives him an idea.

He grins at Donnie, very mischievously.

“Sounds like we need to show Accy here what a proper American Halloween is like, eh Donnie?”

[levelshift]

"....."

Accelerator is totally silent as the two disaster twins (and one tinny electronic voice coming from his fridge) cackle away, making his way from the kitchen to the living room and dropping down onto the couch before opening his coffee.

God. Why does he know these two?

"Do I get a say in this?" he says, already knowing the answer as he takes a sip of his coffee.

[purplexing]

Donnie's grin practically mirrors Leo's then.

"And let you sleep in on one of the best parts of good old American culture? Perish the thought!" he says, snorting. "It'll be fun, you'll see. And maybe you might even enjoy yourself." Another sure sign of an(other) approaching apocalypse. Leo studying was the first.

[faceguy]

Sheesh, he’s never going to live the whole studying thing down, is he?

But he is fully on board with this - both tormenting Accelerator and maybe even (gasp) getting him to enjoy himself a little.

“Come ooon, we can get you a costume and everything! A dramatic guy like you, I know you’ll like it.”

He has seen Accelerator ham it up as a villain, after all!

[levelshift]

Leo studying will be a mental image that sticks with all of them forever. It's a fact.

Closing his eyes, he sinks lower on the couch. That's it, he's doomed. He's only got a general idea of what Americans do to celebrate Halloween, but he knows none of it's good. So he's doomed.

"Ugh." That's his response. Ugh. Even though Leo is right and he enjoys dramatics, he can't see himself relaxing enough to enjoy any holiday, let alone Halloween.

[purplexing]

If this is how it is to be on their good side, it must be terrifying being on the bad end.

"Aw don't ugh anything when you haven't even tried it! I bet you'd love to give people a good scare!" It's only so much fun teasing Accelerator, but making him hate a holiday isn't why they're here.

"But you will definitely need a costume, that is a requirement."

[faceguy]

"We can find something dark and broody, just for you."

Leo doesn't want to make Accelerator hate it, either, but he's already off and planning. This is his first Halloween with a bigger social pool than his brothers and April, after all, and he's going to make use of it.

"We have to go trick-or-treating. And... ooooh! We should totally have a party."

[levelshift]

A costume, trick or treating, and a party sounds like way too much. Unsurprisingly, he'd much rather nap through Halloween than do any of those things.

"First off, isn't trick or treating for little kids? Not that a party sounds any better, that'd be hell," Accelerator mutters, unsure if voicing his opinion is going to make any difference. It's also occurring to him that if a party does happen it won't just be the first one he's ever attended, but the first one he's ever been invited to.

That thought makes his skin crawl, and he takes another sip of coffee.

[purplexing]

"Yesssss," Donnie hisses with glee. Trick-or-treating and a party that isn't exclusively consisting of family? He is all in!

"Scoff! Such things are of course said only by the uninitiated." He wags a finger at Accelerator. "People of all ages go trick-or-treating! And if it's our party then we can do what we want. Even have it here," he suggests with an evil grin before he waves his hand. "-if we really wanted to be horrible, but I think the neighbors might complain."

Because it's totally a neighbor issue.

[faceguy]

Because it's totally a neighbor issue. Leo laughs, but he's already thinking of alternate venues they can hold this thing. Oh yeah, this is gonna be sweet.

"Come on, Accy! What's your problem? Afraid you might actually have fun and pull a muscle smiling?"

It'll be fine! If it's their party, they can make sure no one bothers Accelerator. It'll be a fun night!

[levelshift]

"....................................."

A single thought runs through his head: why does he know these two idiots again?

"If you two actually consider having a party here I'm going to kill you. I'm seriously going to kill you both."

That is absolutely, patently untrue. He'd likely just move out before the party, so he wouldn't have to deal with random strangers in his space.

[purplexing]

The lighting around the room flickers again, along with the fake storm sounds. Donnie manages to hold an innocent look for all of .5 seconds before he starts cracking up again.

"-oh good the bluetooth works," he says between snickers. "See what a difference some extra effects can do for a threat?"

[faceguy]

Leo bursts out laughing, so hard that he's leaning against Donnie again. This is too good. He wishes he was recording this (actually, Donnie is probably recording this).

"I think you should be taking villain lessons from Dee, Accy."

[levelshift]

There's another short period of silence from Accelerator as he glares at the two turtles, continuing to be unimpressed. Once all the sound effects die down he pulls his phone out, sighing.

"Fuck off," he replies, waving his free hand as he texts with his other one. "This? Is childish. There's no one on the entire fucking planet who would take any of this cheap crap seriously."

[purplexing]

"See, there's your problem right there," Donnie says, wiping away an imaginary tear. "Taking things too seriously. At least we aren't making you give out candy, you'll just scare everyone away."

He only moves to straighten up when he's sure Leo's not going to fall over. "Not that that wouldn't be in the spirit of things. Should we leave the costume to you, or do you need help finding one? If we're going to be throwing a party, we need to go nail down a venue."

[faceguy]

Leo nods along with Donnie. Obviously the problem here isn't them, it's that Accelerator is boring.

"If we leave it to him, he'll just wear a shirt in a slightly different color and call it a day," he stage whispers to Donnie, smirking at Accelerator as he does it.

[levelshift]

Given the terrifying glare currently on Accelerator's face, the possibility of him scaring away trick-or-treaters is very real. Going trick-or-treating themselves is definitely the safer route for the general public.

"Don't even," he says sharply. "I'll find something on my own." If he's going to get dragged along to this crap, he might as well make sure he doesn't look completely ridiculous. That much he can manage.

[purplexing]

Wow. That is definitely A Look. Without saying anything, Donnie pulls out his phone and snaps a picture.

"Fine, we'll hold you to it. You haven't outright said no this whole time so at least you've been open to the experience!" He tucks his phone away again, grinning at Leo then.

"Should we get going then?"

[faceguy]

"Yeah, I think we're done here."

He tips an imaginary hat to Accelerator.

"We'll be here to pick you up on Halloween. Don't forget, alright?"

Or they'll track him down.

[levelshift]

That look is going to remain, even after the picture is taken. He is so not amused by any of this right now.

"I'll try not to."

He won't. He knows a threat when it's staring him in the face.